Man with guns, no boarding pass arrested at Medford airport after fight with cops, police say

A 34-year-old man was arrested at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford on Thursday after police say he fought with officers after not being allowed to get on a plane with a gun and without a boarding pass.

Three more guns and ammunition were later found in Anthony J. Anderson’s bag after officers took him into custody, Medford police said. The two police officers and one TSA agent Anderson got into a scuffle with had to pull his hand away from a handgun he was reaching for in a shoulder holster as he was fighting with them, according to Lt. Mike Budreau, a Medford police spokesman.

No one was injured. Budreau said he didn’t know what flight Anderson was trying to get on.

Officers were called to the airport around 1:20 p.m. after Anderson kept demanding to be let onto a plane while displaying the gun and refusing to show his ID or a boarding pass, police said. Anderson ignored the officers’ requests to leave the airport, and a struggle began when they tried to detain him for trespassing.

Police said it’s not immediately clear what led to Anderson’s behavior, and an investigation is ongoing. He was booked into the Jackson County Jail on suspicion of attempted first- and second-degree assault.

Anderson lives about a half-mile away from the airport, public records show.